Non-elites get priority boarding. The card comes with an annual lounge pass and a $99 companion ticket that is valid on a $250 base fare and will let you take along two people off one purchased ticket for $99+tax each.

It earns double miles on US Airways purchases, and 10,000 bonus miles on each cardmember anniversary (which make makes it worth the $89 annual fee to keep).

I do have a US Airways Mastercard, my other Mastercard is my Diners Club, and these sorts of offers (which are presumably getting some funding through the payment processor) are a reason I like to be sure to have a Visa, Mastercard, and an American Express. Though there are occasionally good offers, admittedly I do not have a Discover card…

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I got my US Mastercard in May, but, after first use to get the 40K miles, just left it at that. 40K miles are in now. A few weeks ago I got an offer in the mail: if I spend $750 in september, october and november ($2250 total) I will get another 15K miles as bonus. That means 40K+15K total miles….making this a 55K miles offer for $2250 spend. Not bad imo!

I’ve seen many links to this US Airways Mastercard that indicate the 40k bonus on 1st spend + 10k annual bonus. However nobody references the fact that it is very clearly listed for Chairman’s Preferred Members Only. Are there any data points for people applying for this offer and receiving the 40k + 10k annual bonus even though they are not CP members? Thanks

Gary
I have a reservation I booked to FRA from DCA for 1200$
If I cancel it, I will lose 150$ and the rest is an airline credit left of 1050
If I now book this as a new reservation and use my US DM MC, I will get charged the new fare (almost the same)
I can then use my credit 1050
and for 150$ in new charges, get 10k extra PQMs for 150$ in fees on the DM card.
Is there any flaw in this thinking?

To add to the thinking, Envoy Upgrades were available then AND are still available now, so I would not lose my upgrades.

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Gary Leff is one of the foremost experts in the field of miles, points, and frequent business travel -- a topic he has covered since 2002.

Co-founder of frequent flyer community InsideFlyer.com, emcee of the Freddie Awards, and named one of the "World's Top Travel Experts" by Conde' Nast Traveler (2010-Present) Gary has been a guest on most major news media, profiled in several top print publications, and published broadly on the topic of consumer loyalty. More About Gary »

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